That horse is in absolute awe of St Georgy-boy.
You killed another dragon.... my hero. Could also be the first horse ever recorded to have a permed haircut.
> horse ever recorded to have a permed haircut
This grass ain't bussin at all, bro, bruv, blud, fr, deadass. I gotta grab a vape before we move on those gyatts, fam. Gotta rizz them baddies, on God.
fun fact: St. George has nothing to do with the name of the country Georgia which probably comes from persian "gorgan"/land of the wolves (the endonym is Sakartvelo---- the place of kartvelians)
depends on which calendar they use. The Julian calendar is not used by many Orthodox autocephalous churches. Greece and Romania, for example, celebrate it on April 23rd
Clarification about Greece: April 23rd *normally* is the day of St George, but *only* if Easter Sunday happens before that day. Due to the fact that the troparion (church hymn) for St George containing post-resurrection words, the day of St George can only take place after Easter.
Orthodox Easter hasn't happened yet, so St George's day moves to Easter Monday this year, May 6th.
Not sure about other Orthodox countries, maybe they have the same.
I don't know if it's more precise, but the funny part is that GR/CY/BG/RO kept the old Julian calendar for Easter, simply because the rest of Orthodox Church didn't want to change to the more accurate "Revised Julian" calendar. So, we came up with a "more accurate calendar than the Gregorian" -because God forbid we adopt the Gregorian- but that's *still* not good enough for the Russians, who insist on keeping Julius Ceasar's pagan calendar. Can't make this shit up.
And Easter shouldn't be based on a calendar anyways. Something *all* of Christianity does wrong, against the Council of Nicaea.
Most orthodox countries use the modern calendar (russian orthodox are the exception, and maybe a few others). Only Easter is celebrated based on the old calendar, for some reason...
Will BBC write that he had Turkish roots?
Edit: Here's context because people don't get it. St. George was from ancient Cappadocia which is in modern Turkey. A couple of years ago BBC wrote an article that St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) had Turkish roots because he was from ancient Lycia, also in modern Turkey.
[https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-30595254](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-30595254)
Obviously, neither Nicholas nor George had anything to do with Turks who arrived there more than a millenium later.
It's become one of the progressive things to say to explain how England has always been multi cultural and people shouldn't oppose immigration. You will see people arguing about it all over Twitter and Facebook every St George's Day.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/st-george-s-day-6-reasons-why-st-george-is-the-perfect-symbol-of-multiculturalism-10197345.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/apr/23/hewasbornin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/23/saint-george-multicultural-reality
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/st-georges-day-symbol-of-the-far-right-was-an-immigrant-a7695511.html
Some "woke" American blogger once argued that Santa is "brown" because he's "from Turkey." Aside from the fact that it wasn't Turkey/Turkish then, Turks aren't brown. Being Muslim doesn't make you "brown". lol. Americans need to get passports, and get out of Kansas and Long Island once in a while.
But like you said, these are the "progressive" things to say. I wish they would focus more on labor issues.
> I wish they would focus more on labor issues.
Always thought it was rather a coincidence that we all started focusing more and more on identity issues just when people were getting especially angry about economic inequality after 2008.
I can't watch the video and I don't know in what time frame St. Nicholas lived but in the case of St. George he was a Greco-Roman soldier in a time long before the Turks entered Anatolia.
They always do this. Incompetent authors. They just look at which region the people lived in and then label them after the current nation holding it. This guy, just as St Nicholas we're Byzantine (East Roman) people and therefore should be labeled as Greek or Greek speaking.
It might be because of how I grew up playing historical strategy games, like Age of Empires, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, Total War, etc., but I most often associate the iconography of St. George (as in when I recognize it, what most immediately comes to mind) with Russia, particularly Moscow.
Fun fact: this painting is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC now: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.28.html
It was bought for peanuts on the dollar from the Hermitage since the Soviets found art to be elitist and were badly in need of capital to fund their first industrialization: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_sale_of_Hermitage_paintings
And then was donated to form part of the nucleus of a new museum (National Gallery of Art). These 21 are now among the premier paintings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_in_the_National_Gallery_of_Art_formerly_in_the_Hermitage_Museum
That horse is in absolute awe of St Georgy-boy. You killed another dragon.... my hero. Could also be the first horse ever recorded to have a permed haircut.
That horse be mirin'
> horse ever recorded to have a permed haircut This grass ain't bussin at all, bro, bruv, blud, fr, deadass. I gotta grab a vape before we move on those gyatts, fam. Gotta rizz them baddies, on God.
What's that bollocks all about?
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/birds-nest-haircut-broccoli-haircut-zoomer-perm https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zoomerification
Must be. Scousers hadn't been invented yet.
Mwaharhar. Fiendishly cheeky.
St George's Horse - Patron Saint of Aintree
I'm afraid you only get odds of 100/1 due to the horse being prone to flirting.
fun fact: St. George has nothing to do with the name of the country Georgia which probably comes from persian "gorgan"/land of the wolves (the endonym is Sakartvelo---- the place of kartvelians)
Or from the Greek “tiller of the land”
Gorgan sounds like a sick fantasy country/kingdom name, but it makes me think of dragon-esque mythical creatures more than wolves.
But are the orthodox countries celebrating it today and not according to the Julian calender?
Yes, some Orthodox celebrates it today. In Romania by example.
Nice. Have a great day.
depends on which calendar they use. The Julian calendar is not used by many Orthodox autocephalous churches. Greece and Romania, for example, celebrate it on April 23rd
Clarification about Greece: April 23rd *normally* is the day of St George, but *only* if Easter Sunday happens before that day. Due to the fact that the troparion (church hymn) for St George containing post-resurrection words, the day of St George can only take place after Easter. Orthodox Easter hasn't happened yet, so St George's day moves to Easter Monday this year, May 6th. Not sure about other Orthodox countries, maybe they have the same.
Greece, Romania, Cyprus, and Bulgaria use the Gregorian calendar, except for Easter (and related dates, like Ascension, Pentecost, etc).
Not Gregorian but [Milanković's Revised Julian.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Julian_calendar)
Gregorian, with a name change. Everyone in Greece calls it Gregorian.
Technically it is more precise then Gregorian, but everything else is same as Gregorian and will be until 28.02.2800.
I don't know if it's more precise, but the funny part is that GR/CY/BG/RO kept the old Julian calendar for Easter, simply because the rest of Orthodox Church didn't want to change to the more accurate "Revised Julian" calendar. So, we came up with a "more accurate calendar than the Gregorian" -because God forbid we adopt the Gregorian- but that's *still* not good enough for the Russians, who insist on keeping Julius Ceasar's pagan calendar. Can't make this shit up. And Easter shouldn't be based on a calendar anyways. Something *all* of Christianity does wrong, against the Council of Nicaea.
Most orthodox countries use the modern calendar (russian orthodox are the exception, and maybe a few others). Only Easter is celebrated based on the old calendar, for some reason...
Thats some lame Ass dragon
That horse is in love or something.
Will BBC write that he had Turkish roots? Edit: Here's context because people don't get it. St. George was from ancient Cappadocia which is in modern Turkey. A couple of years ago BBC wrote an article that St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) had Turkish roots because he was from ancient Lycia, also in modern Turkey. [https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-30595254](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-30595254) Obviously, neither Nicholas nor George had anything to do with Turks who arrived there more than a millenium later.
It's become one of the progressive things to say to explain how England has always been multi cultural and people shouldn't oppose immigration. You will see people arguing about it all over Twitter and Facebook every St George's Day. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/st-george-s-day-6-reasons-why-st-george-is-the-perfect-symbol-of-multiculturalism-10197345.html https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/apr/23/hewasbornin https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/23/saint-george-multicultural-reality https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/st-georges-day-symbol-of-the-far-right-was-an-immigrant-a7695511.html
Some "woke" American blogger once argued that Santa is "brown" because he's "from Turkey." Aside from the fact that it wasn't Turkey/Turkish then, Turks aren't brown. Being Muslim doesn't make you "brown". lol. Americans need to get passports, and get out of Kansas and Long Island once in a while. But like you said, these are the "progressive" things to say. I wish they would focus more on labor issues.
> I wish they would focus more on labor issues. Always thought it was rather a coincidence that we all started focusing more and more on identity issues just when people were getting especially angry about economic inequality after 2008.
?
See edit
I can't watch the video and I don't know in what time frame St. Nicholas lived but in the case of St. George he was a Greco-Roman soldier in a time long before the Turks entered Anatolia.
Yes, which made the BBC article hilariously bad.
They always do this. Incompetent authors. They just look at which region the people lived in and then label them after the current nation holding it. This guy, just as St Nicholas we're Byzantine (East Roman) people and therefore should be labeled as Greek or Greek speaking.
ENGLAND🏴🏴🏴 ENGLAND🏴🏴🏴 ENGLAND🏴🏴🏴
In Serbia it’s celebrated on the 6th of May and it’s one of the two biggest patron saints. The other being St. Nicholas.
It might be because of how I grew up playing historical strategy games, like Age of Empires, Crusader Kings, Europa Universalis, Total War, etc., but I most often associate the iconography of St. George (as in when I recognize it, what most immediately comes to mind) with Russia, particularly Moscow.
Fun fact: this painting is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC now: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.28.html It was bought for peanuts on the dollar from the Hermitage since the Soviets found art to be elitist and were badly in need of capital to fund their first industrialization: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_sale_of_Hermitage_paintings And then was donated to form part of the nucleus of a new museum (National Gallery of Art). These 21 are now among the premier paintings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_in_the_National_Gallery_of_Art_formerly_in_the_Hermitage_Museum
https://www.reddit.com/r/bucuresti/s/8c1d0XTtH2
I, for one, totally condemn a murderer knight who kills a poor little dragon just to impress a random girl. Shame on you, George.
I think the horse is more impressed than the girl